Highlights / Veterans Affairs Canada

Canada’s veterans ombudsman has resigned just 18 months after taking the job. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay made the announcement yesterday, suggesting that Craig Dalton was leaving for another job. Dalton, who took over the job in November 2018, was… »

In a packed Canadian Legion hall in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada’s minister of Veterans Affairs delivered the apology Canadian Métis have been waiting for for what seems to too many of them as forever. “We apologize,” Lawrence MacAuley told the gathering,… »

New figures obtained by Canadian Press show that nearly one in five veterans hangs up the phone before their call is answered by Veterans Affairs Canada’s toll-free information and assistance line. CP, which obtained the figures through the access-to-information law,… »

When the Liberals swept to power in Canada’s 2015 federal election, a lot of people were excited. Not least among them were Canada’s veterans. Justin Trudeau went out of his way–or so it seemed–to court veterans with promises to improve… »

The federal government has confirmed a CBC News report that more than 270,000 former Canadian soldiers have been short-changed because of an accounting error worth at least $165 million. Minister of Veterans Affairs Seamus O’Regan says all the veterans, their… »

Canada’s federal government has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a legal battle with disabled veterans. The veterans launched a class-action law suit four years ago after some of their financial benefits were clawed back. The proposed settlement, which… »

Help may be on the way for former members of the Canadian military who are homeless or face the prospect of having no place to live. The Canadian Press news agency reports federal officials are prepared to recommend that Prime… »